Moving company file from 3 user to single user version

I'll help you in moving them, astronaut.

The fastest way to transfer your QuickBooks companies is to create and restore a backup file. You can follow the steps I've listed below:

1. Install QuickBooks Desktop on the new computer.
2. Create a backup company file on your original computer.
3. Save the backup file somewhere you can easily find it, like your Windows desktop.
4. Move the backup company file to your new computer. You can either put the backup on a flash drive or an external device.
5. Restore the backup on your new computer. Remember, it should have a unique file name.
6. If you use payroll, download the latest tax table after you move your file.

To learn more about this process, you can read this guide: Move your company files to another computer.

Lastly, if you need more resources in completing our other tasks or answers to frequently asked questions, you can visit our Help Article page.

Feel welcome to reach out to me again with any concerns you may have. Stay safe and have a great rest of the daty.

@astronaut 

Open your company file on the old machine and secure the backup file (QBB). Restore the file on your new machine.

Thank you to both responders for explaining how to move the files. That deals with the second question.

My main question was about whether a Single User QB Desktop Pro program will be able to use files produced by a 3 User QB Desktop Pro program. They are both QB Desktop Pro programs but I wondered whether there will be differences in the files that would cause problems for the single user program to utilize the files from the 3 user program.

I had in mind the fact that there were differences between the 3 user Pro and the 5 user Premier programs that prevented files from one version from being used by the other.

Thank you

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@astronaut wrote:

I had in mind the fact that there were differences between the 3 user Pro and the 5 user Premier programs that prevented files from one version from being used by the other.

Thank you

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@astronaut 

You can open the same company file in QBD Pro or Premier as long as they are created in the same year version. Nothing to do with user license.